The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT S ERVICES.—During the storms ..o.r the boats of the National Lifeboat lust of the past y( coasitution saved 41'. Persons from different wrecks on our the ts. The Institut ion has also exnded £ 13,819 3s. 2d. in same period on 1 iceboat establishments, in addition to ir,,ranting• 11,351 Od. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboat s, and other means. The Committee of thi Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSIbTAN LE to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands 'm the Institution's 125 lifeboat estab lishments. Contributi( ms are received by all the London d country bankers ; a nd by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, the Institution, 14, J. ihn-street, Adeiphi. T HE MODERN AUGUSTUS — The Gentle man and the Bricklayer, &c., &c., in FUN This Week —one renny. HER MAJIESTY'S THEATRE. FAUST. (In Emzlish.) SATURDA .Y NEXT, .JANUARY 23. Lemmens-Sherrie; :ton, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marc iesi. Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conauctc r—Signor Arditi. Comr acne( at Eight o'Clock. ROYA.L ENGLISH OPERA, COVEN T-GARDEN. Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. IV. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to commence with (17th time) an en tirely new Opere tta, endenti FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. WW. Harris. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a szale of unprecedented Ml.lgniticemee, entitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at hat f-past SLx—.:ommence at Seven. Under the THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Me ssrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Comic D rams, by Edmund Falconer, entitled AND MORN. Principal characters by Mi. Phelps, supportd by Messrs. It yder, Ra.ynor, nzjames, and Misses R. Leclereq, Atkinson, Itnd Heath. S AILOR ; or, he Seven Wonders To conclude with then e wGrand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBA D of: the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri; h a rlequins, Messrs. J . Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. ' Barnes and J. mores ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and NH saes Guaniss. P r ices as us i da,i, B o x Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under 'the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL D E AO/VIO(a. Triumphant Success) will be repeated Ivery Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a Vew and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Ntssrs. If. Widdicombe, Shore, F. Charles Collett, yuiereland .31isses Percy, Pauline tilerLcq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. ii.'•ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love ,'tor I, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac e sty Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, I , 4oughi,m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Sisns Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, and .Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is mado to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or tor the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and at the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to ,lceive any gratuities whatever. Box-oth ce open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NIARKET.- Sae Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. T El IS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Bac ketone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullen tord, &C. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hilt &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogerß, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do. NEW THEATRE-RO PAL, ADELPHI.— sole :Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, / to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate mien, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, 811- lirrton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven 3lr, io Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Nliss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. L .E A H.-E VE R Y MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT, MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIs EVENING, the 06th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA TEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unb ounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation .of the prit,cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LE 9. H has been attended. Mr Viebster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice_ 110 1 IAL ST. JAMES'S 'THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CFIARLE6 mATREws.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs Brown, Mr. Thelt , s, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 18 , 33,-; or. the Sensations of the Past Season. until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. -Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mat thew s, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles .Mathews. TH IS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADS - ENV:NES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. In rehearsal, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham, Esq. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORM - TE1.75 AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sr.e. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, jan had Every Evening of G. R. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DA.T.—Morning, lh. 15m.—Afternoon, lh. 50m. fo-soitaow.-Morning, lh. 59m.—Aftnnaoon, 2h. 50m. The Weather--Sun Office, Jan. 22, 1864. THERMO3.IETER. This day at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-29.78. Wind—S. ; moderate, and cloudy. gjig Suu, 'LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1861. places, and whether some few of the fair promises of retest years are at last to be carried into effect. During these past months "her MAJESTY'S Opposition" (that important instrument of adminisr tration peculiar to this country) has been steadily and quietly gaining strength. The Government, with a total obliviousness of the hazards of their own position, have played into the hands of their opponents with a fatal persistency. Any popular question that may now arise will perhaps open their eyes when too late to the warnings they have neglected, and the opportunities they have thrown away. There is yet time for amendment. It remains to be seen whether the Government will learn wisdom or the People lose patience. Some public questions of great importance are put aside with little or no consideration, which nevertheless are very deserving of attention. Such a one is the manner in which our criminals are treated. The convict discipline, in as far as re gards penal servitude, is lamentably deficient, and for some time past its blunders and its failures have attracted universal reprobation. The graver question of criminals doomed to capital punish ment now demands the most serious consideration, and calls for deliberate reflection on the part of those best qualified to judge, and most likely to influence others by their decision. The case of TOWNLEY is fresh in everyone's recollection, he was the villain of the autumn, the subject of con versation in all circles, and the topic that attracted the attention of those who did not ordinarily bestow much regard on such subjects of horror. It is diffion't to define when one case of murder worse than another ; some peculiar appanage of horror, some grim distinction of guilt attends each in turn ; but if one instance of crime more than another stands out es atrocious in the annals of infamy, it is especially that of the man who deliberately took away the life of one to whom he professed himself to be attached. There were no palliating circumstances connected with the deed, and therefor 3 it came the more startlingly on the ears of the outraged populace that such a miscreant had been allowed to escape. The con venient cloak of temporary insanity which now adays is to cover a multitude of sins, indeed, was spread over him, and he was removed from the peri lous position in which he was placed by the sentence of the law. It is at all events desirable that some protest should be made against such a pro2eeding, and that the authorities should at least be told how little they ha 3 e represented the tone, or satisfied the temper, of the country in their extraordinary arrangement of affairs with relation to the criminals arraigned for murder. The reply of the Derbyshire magistrates to the Home Secretary's communica tion is well worthy of notice, and should meet with due attention, alike from the exigency of the case referred to, and the right view which is therein taken of the matter. In one part of the reply we find the following important statement :—" The report made to yon by the Danacy Commissioners seems to the magistrates not to support the certifi cates of the two justices and two medical men, but to show that TOWNLEY is now, by law, criminally responsible, and that the further inquiry sought by the magistrates ought to be made." This is strictly to the point, and exactly expresses what ought to be dcne. Of course no one can expect the advice to be taken, or the suggestion to be attended to; but at the same time it is very satisfactory that these gentle men have had the sense and spirit to take up the case in a bold and determined manner. They have at least done their duty to their country, and de• serve recognition for it. No one who peruses the remarks here made in a dispassionate spirit but will agree in their reason and acquiesce in their justice. A more made-up affair than the alleged lunacy of TOWNLEY has never been the means of saving the life of a prisoner, and it is therefore the more incumbent un all who are able to put them selves forward to make a decided stand against this encroachment, and to vindicate the majesty of the law, which is set at nought by such senseless inno vations and unwarrantable infringements. The last paragraph in this reply is particularly worthy of notice, as it aptly suggests a remedial measure of great value and manifold importance. It is stated that, if the existing legal machinery is not deemed sufficient, Parliament will soon meet, when the deficiency will be rectified. If there is one thing more than another which should meet with prompt attention and receive requisite alteration, it is the system now in vogue in regard to capital punishment and the manner in which the preroga tive of mercy is applied. Lord HENRY LENNOX has given notice of a motion to inquire into the exercise of that power. This is very desirable, and it is a matter of congratulation that the noble lord has taken up the case in earnest, and so promptly found an occasion for its discussion. It is too im portant to be neglected, too solemn to be trifled with, and concerns a question of too grave an im port to be left any longer at the discretion of those who seem quite unfitted to exercise their lofty trust with meet discernment and impartial conduct. It must not be permitted that the law should rest in the state it is now, for in a short time the deleterious effect of such a procedure would be painfully visi ble, and the increased number of murders would swell the aggregate of crimes to a fearful extent. All who had rich or powerful friends at hand could easily put forward the plea of insanity ; and a little stretch of ingenuity and a small share of invention would make a very creditable case for court, and furnish ample evidence to swear by. Such devices may suit those who practise them, and serve the ends for which they are designed, but they never can be consonant with the spirit and the sentiment of a virtuous people, or enable our lawyers and judges so to administer the law and deal out its pains and penalties that vice and wickedness may be punished as they deserve, and finally, so far as possible, be uprooted from their stronghold among us. This ought to be the object borne in mind by those who attempt altering and changing the sta tutes, more often, it is to be feared, to Bait their own fancies than the national interest. The meeting of Parliament, which is now close at band, may iraturally be looked forward to with greater interest than ordinary. It is true that, of late years session after session has , dawned upon us bright with good prospects and fair promises, and again and again, year after yew:, the fatal hour of prorogation has arrived without witnessing the fulfilment of those promises or the realisation of those anticipa tions. Procrastination, the proverbial " thief of time,' continually robs 113 of our immediate requirements, and puts us off with empty asiurances about the good time that is coming. There is an old fable, and those old fables contain for the most par t, a wonderful de a l o f truthfulness ' which tells of the warning fate of the boy who cried " wolf " once too often. Even the most credulous and patient will give way at last. " Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia rostra ? Once, again, the country on the assembling of the Legs,slature may address this interrogation to their do-nothing Government. While around us foreign nations, our friends and allies, are mk‘tu,cecl with w;Ar or torn with interne:l disaffection, cur 11 - vourite.yulicy of lettiug ill alone only in creases the disasters which we aro cal!ed upon to hewftil. If u Congress is proposed for the cousi derarion and probable amelioration of difficulties, we will have nothing to do with it. We will neither "strike" nor "hear," With re g trd to our foreign relations our Govern expect c7nnot ment The addresses of oar popular representatives have lost much of their interest, now the armistice in the battle of politics is so nearly at an end. Neverthe lees the opinions of a member of the Government are sufficiently important to form some exception to this rule, and the speech of the President of the Board of Trade will certainly attract a good deal of attention from the general public, as well as from his audience at Ashton-under•Lyne. The right hon. gentleman touched upon many topics—ou the cotton trade and the American war, first and fore most, as befitted his constituency ; on the state of trade generally, on reform, and on the Danish ques tion—on the latter displaying a due amount of offi cial ambiguity and reserve. His opinions on some of these subjects must have been at issue with those of many of his hearers—still less will they commend themselves to the general sense of the public. In the question of the great civil war, whi c h i s now desolating the fairest portion of the western hemi sphere, hi s sympathies are entirely with th e N ort h , He adopts that construction which the friends of the Federals are so eager to put upon their unrea sonable persistence in this cruel and hopeless struggle—he regards the war as a war for the ex. Unction of slavery. It is fervently to be hoped to receivo many c anpliments on the results of their favourite non intervention policy.. Oa the other hand, what have they to show by w a y of compensation in th e admini stration of horse affairs? What reforms were carried out last scsiion, or are likely to be carried out, judging from present appearances, in the next ? It remains to be seen, and a very few weeks will demonstrate it, whether time and experi ence have at length " worked wonders" in high that, by whatever means, in some form or another the country may reap that fruit from the long and terrib'e sufferings inflicted on them by this war, by slow degrees great good may work out of the disastrous evil ; but the boasted Emancipation Proclamation itself is a standing proof of the insincerity of the President and his ad visers. If slavery is indeed regarded by the North as so great a crime, so vast a national misfortune, how is it that the slaves of the loyal States were not emancipated by the same stroke of the pen ? Were President DAVIS to propose reunion with the North, on condition of the " domestic institution" remaining in statu quo, who can doubt the ready acceptance on the part of the Federal Government ? But Mr. GIBSON is still sanguine of the future. He does not consider the restoration of the Union im possible. The statistics he quotes in order to show the flourishing condition of Northern fortunes are some what curious. According to the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture in the United States, the crowds of emigrants who seek their shores are attracted, not by the large bounty offered to recruits, and the certainty of immediate employment in the ranks, but by the desire "to enjoy independence and quiet, and to make happy the humble homes for theniselves and the i r children." Truly if inde pendence and quiet be their object, they would have done more wisely to have remained at home. People do not usually hurry into the midst of a civil war to seek peace and quiet, nor is a land torn by internal dissensions generally considered the most favourable spot for the culture of domestic happiness. Independence would very probably ter minate in a visit to Fort Lafayette. We suspect that were the bounty now offered to recruits by the Federal Government suddenly to collapse, the num bers who go "to fight sincerely the battles of free dom and equality," and to enjoy these marvellous blessings of peace and quiet, would show a com mensurate diminishment. A country which calls for a million volunteers is scarcely to be cited as a specimen of the attractions of war! With regard to that aspect of the war which more nearly con cerns ourselves, Mr. GIBSON'S views befit the col league of Earl RUSSELL. He dilates upon the im mensity of our commerce, and then draws from it the inference that we should be very careful with regard to the laws respecting neutrals and belligerents. His theory is that armed steamers like the Alabama bear a sort of charmed life, and that it is perfectly impossible to capture or overtake them ; conse quently if we admit the right of neutrals to supply such vessels to belligerents the tables may one day be turned upon ourselves, and two or three such predatory vessels supplied to an enemy by a neutral power may play havoc with our shipping? Some persons might suggest that, seeing the Alabama was launched from an English dockyard it might not be altogether impossible to match her. It might also be thought that the introduction of steam in stead of putting it " out of the power of navies" to interfere with such vessels, just supplied the speed necessary for overtaking them. But this excess of prudence, according to Mr. MILNER GIBSON, has been the cause of our Foreign Secretary's extreme anxiety about the building of these ships. We doubt whether such a reason will find mulch favour in the eyes of a people who have generally proved tolera bly competent to protect themselves and their pro perty, without troubling themselves to twist inter national laws to suit their possible necessities. If common sense tells Mr. GIBSON, as he says it does, that the Confederate Government are the parties who have, directly or indirectly, caused these ships to be built in this country, and that in so doing they entered upon a deliberate course of violating and evading the laws of England," what does it tell him about the large exports of arms and ammuni tion made from this country by the agents of the Federal Government ? LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LRETJTER - S TELEGRAM.] THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. HAMBURG, JAN. 22. Several members of the Diets of Schleswig and Holstein arrived last night in Altona, by railway. They were received at the terminus with music and great cheering. They reached Hamburg during the night, accompanied by immense crowds of peo ple, and alighted at Zingg's Hotel, where they will deliberate upon the course to be taken in the pre sent state of things. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 21. The threatened occupation of Schleswig has given a great impulse to the movement in favour of Den mark throughout Sweden and Norway. Addresses have been voted, committees aro being formed for collecting subscriptions, volunteers are enlisted, and military armaments are continued with increased activity in both countries. KIEL, JAN. 21. After the departure of the Saxon battalion the fire brigade of the Turners occupied all the mili tary posts of this town. 4,000 Austrian troops are expected here to-morrow or on the following day. Culonel Wuplat has arrived in Kiel from Gotha. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 21. Th© Minister of Finance will present to the Cortes an exact statement of the receipts and expenditure of the State in 1864. Of the prospects of the cotton trade Mr. GIBSON entertains the same views which we have always advocated. From the information he can receive he thinks we may look with confidence to a revival of the prosperity of the cotto❑ trade! " The in crease in the imports from India, from Egypt, and other places show a tendency to make ns almost, if not altogether independent," and as time goes on those most qualified to judge confirm the accuracy of these anticipations. On the question of Reform Mr. GIBSON' s views are sounder than on the foreign policy. He still upholds undaunted the principles of which we have been the staunch adherents. The ballot, he maintains, ie indispensable to the expres sion of the pure and genuine opinion of an electoral body. He says very justly, " There may be coun tries in which the classes are so equal in social position—there may be circumstances in which the ballot is rendered a question of no moment ; but I believe there was never a country of our social feel ings, our sense of caste, our aristocratic predilec tions, our gradations of wealth and poverty—there never was a country in the world which requires for the eliciting of the genuine vote of a constituent body the power of secret voting so much as Eng land." It is satisfactory to find that the President of the Board of Trade still keeps such principles unshaken and unchanged, though the benefit which Reformers hoped to receive from his presence in the Administration has been more than counter balanced by the prevailing influence of the " Rest and be Thankful" faction. Are we to Reward Murder with a Corn fortable Provision for Life 3 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, TANUARY 22, 1864. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,---Are wilful deliberate murderess to escape merely because they happen to be rich ? Under the act of 1840 two surgeons or physicians aro to certify when a prisoner, removed to a lunatic asylum on the ground of insanity, has come to his senses again. It is now beyond dispute that Townley was never mad at all, except according to the crotchets of certain " psychologists," whose theories about the philosophy of the human mind are themselves nothing less than the dreams of a disordered brain, The Derbyshire magistrates, in their last communication to Sir George Grey, place the matter beyond all doubt. The certificate of insanity which caused Townley to be reprieved, seems to have been obtained upon a misunderstanding—or, as plain spoken people would call it, false pretences. It seems that the givers of the certificate signed it, or some of them signed it, under the impression that it was to be used, not to re prieve Townley and frustrate justice, but for the purpose of bringing about a full and proper investigation into his state of mind. Matters can never be suffered to remain as they are. Then, again, as the magistrates show, there are other objections to the validity of the certificate. One is that the only certificate which was legal in itself, and apart from the grounds upon which it was ob tained, was not given and dated until after the reprieve was issued and dated; so that there is nothing to support the reprieve which therefore necessarily falls to the ground. We are now told by Sir George Grey's advo cates that he may order a proper investigation into the case, if he sees fit." If he doesn't see fit, he surely must be incapable of seeing anything clearly at all.' If he saw reason to reprieve Townley, when no real valid reason existed, surely with such a piercing sight he must bo able to see the manifold cogent reasons for instituting a fair, public, satisfactory investigation. If he declines, then let two surgeons or physicians certify under the Act of 1810 thdt Townley is now in his right mind, as any two surgeons or physicians are empowered by the Act to do ; a thing, moreover, which any two surgeons or physicians may safely do. Even Sir George Grey's principal advocates declare themselves that no impartial and sensible person cognisant of the facts, ever really believed that Townley was, or is, mad. Enquiries of the kind ought to be public, with open doors, with both sides represented, the prosecution and the convicted murderer face to face, with full power of exami nation and cross-examination of witnesses. No hole and corner or ex parts statements within closed doors. I began with asking if rich murderers are to escape while poor ones are hung ; I conclude with asking if human life is to be exposed to destruction because a Rome .' - ecretary makes a blun4er, for this is contrary to Como4 FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 21.—The market continues dull, but prices have not made any further retrograde move ment. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66fr. 40c. Railway Shares firm, but with very few transactions, The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 95 10 Do. old month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 40 Credit Mobilier 1016 25 Do, end month 1020 Bank Shares 3280 Credit F oncier 1230 Roman RAIL' Italian Loan 6B 30 Do. end mouth 6B 45 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l Home Debt Deferred rAYs. Cash. Account. 990 942 50 .. 946 25 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and M e di terromea n 930 .. 933 75 New ditto BB5 .. -- Southern 647 50 .. 655 Western Eastern ... . Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 583 75 .. 582 50 Ditto to Barcelona The National ShaksPere Movement, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The document read by Mr. Tom Taylor, at the last meeting of the Shakspere Committee, signed by him self, Mr. Theodore Martin, and Mr. Shirley Brooks, appears to me to be but a modified reiteration of a plan proposed by me years since, when a very young man ; I cannot, there fore resist again placing before the public the plan in ques tion. _ . . The proposition was originally made in IS-18 ; and dis cussed in two pamphlets, written by me, entitled " A House for Shakspere. A proposition for the consideration of the nation." The first pamphlet (a reprint from au article in " Hood's Magazine ") was published by Mr. llurst, of King William-street, Strand, and the second, six months after wards, by Mr. Mitchell. of Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. The plan was warmly and cordially approved by many eminent literary men, from some of whose communications I extract the following opinions : SIR EDWARD BIIIWEII. LYTTON, BART., M.P.—" I thank you much for your able and interesting pamphlet, I think it would indeed be a most desirable object to obtain a theatre strictly appropriated to the Higher Drama, Your exertions cannot bet do good." CHARLES DICKENS—" That such a theatre as you de scribe would be but worthy of this nation, and wr,uld not stand low upon the list of its instructors, I have no kind of doubt. I wish I could cherish a stronger faith than I have, in the probability of its establishment on a rational footing within fifty years." WILLIAM HoWITT—" I thing yours is a grand plan for a House for Shakspere,' and what ought to be carried out." WESTLAND MARSTON—" I cordially syropathiso with its spirit and its purpose, and trust that an object so desir able and at the same time so feasible will be retained in the minds of those who have the power to realise it." CHARLES MACKAY—" I cordially approve of your sug gestion, and entirely concur in the reasoning by which you support it." SHERIDAN KNOWLES—" I hare perused your paper. I admire the argument, and wish that it may be turned to account." CHARLES KEMBLE—" I read it with great pleasure ; and at the conclusion heaved a sigh , that so muc h enthusiasms should be doomed to disappointment." R. H. HORNE—" Such a proposition ought to come to something, and will." JOHN A, HERAITD—" Ido feel at. interest in your pro position,' and should be glad to be a labourer in such a work," Wm. B. MAcCABE—" I have read with much interest your essay—' A House for Shakspere.' I think the pro position contained in it excellent, bat inopportune." The pamphlets were favourably reviewed at the time, and notices appeared in the following publications, as well as in many others :—" The Westminster and Foreign Quar• terly Review," "The Literary Gahette," "Douglas Jer rold's Weekly News," "The Mocning Herald," " The Sunday Times," " The Court Journal," " The Advertiser," " The Sun," "The Atlas," and " The New York Literary World." They were issued at the time that means were being taken to secure to the nation, by purchase, the house in which Shakspere was born. The times were then, how ever, so thoroughly " out of joint," that the plait was neces sarily temporarily abandoned. PROPOSITION. 1. That the committee formed for the purpose of pre serving to the nation the house in which our " poet of all time" had birth, having satisfactorily effected that object, should not dissolve. 2. That it being generally acknowledged that the human mind receives most quickly, and mains most durabl), im pressions made by dramatic representation, the importance and expediency is suggested of purchasing by national sub scription on the part of and for the people some theatre where the works of Shakspore, the " world's greatest moral teacher," may be constantly performed. 3. That the said theatre should be open at such reason able charges as shall be within the reach of all. • 4. That the most able manager and best working com pany be engaged, and constantly retained; and that only one five-act drama shall be performed in the course of one evening. 5. That the Government for the timoboing, or any other body of men agreed upon, shall hold the said theatre in trust for the nation, appointing a committee for the manage ment of the same. 6. That the said theatre shall be made to act as a great and true dramatic school ; at which, alike , the poet and the p er f orm er, the creator and embodier (i n the highest walks of the dramatic and histrionic arts), s hall receive their diplomas, thus fostering and sustaining liv in g talent. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM WILSON. 11, Royal Exchange, Jan. 19, 1864. COLNEY-HATCH CHRISTMAS PARTY.—Yester day evening the managers of the Colney-hatch Asylum gave their annual treat to the inmates of this ex cellent institution, On former occasions we have described so fully the incidents of these entertainments that it iahardly necessary to say more now than that this Christmas party was, as usual, a great success. Of th e 1,900 inmates of the asylum, about 600, male and fem ale, were permitted to take part in the festivities, and to them were added at least 300 visitors, who mingled freely in the crowd, and helped to promote the fictitious solemnity of the occasion. The amusements provided by the visiting committee were numerous, but though the Nigger M instrels were loudly applauded, the troupe of Chinese j ug glers and contor tionists were by far the greatest favourites. Tho great dining hall of the Asylum was the chief scene of the sports. At one end was erected a temporary stage on which the various troupes engaged kept up a constant succession of amusements. In the remainder there was ample space for dancing, and, to tell the truth, if the committee had engaged two or three quadrille bands, one to succeed the other, so as to keep up a continual succession of dance music, per baps they would best have consulted the general taste. With or without partners the patients never seemed tired of whirling round the room either to the polka or waltz mea sures. It was gratifying to remark how all present seemed to enjoy themselves, the patients quite as much as the visi tors, and in the complete success of the party the officials who thus endeavour to enliven the dreary life of theft' un fortunate charges have their chief reward. CIVIL SERVICE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. — The distribution of the numerous prizes s hot for by the mem bers of this corps will be distributed this evening at five O'clnck in Westminster lisllt LITERATURE, The Grade Lesson Book,: Sixth (and Last) Stan dard. By E. T. Stevens and Charles Hole. One vol., pp. 220. Longman and Co. Already we have had occasio❑ repeatedly to com mend the really admirable plan upon which this thoroughly readable series of Grade Books has been constructed. Issued from the press, in half-a-dozen volumes, each of them published quite independently of its companions, but all of them together forming a regular sequential and homogeneous whole, we have been enabled to examine the six books very carefully, and with an unusual degree of minute ness. Our opinion, therefore, in regard to the general excellence of the scheme upon which this particular educational course has been framed, is in no respect whatever formed either precipitately or superficially. The plan, as a plan, has been scruti nised, as it were, under the microscope. We have scanned it, and considered it again, and yet again —now viewing it piecemeal, and now (particularly at this moment) regarding it as a whole. And the more completely the plan of these Grade Books has been brought under our examination the more entirely satisfied have we become that it is one essentially practical of its kind, one steadily and entirely practicable. It is not simply that the notio❑ is theoretically good—it appears to us to be one that any liberal-minded teacher could and would, can and will carry out satisfactorily to himself—actually work with pleasure to himself and to his pupils. It is with the sixth and concluding Standard that we have now to do—our estimate of its predecessors we have already expressed. Turn ing, therefore, to the final volume of the halt-dozen we find it to be—unmistakeably, as it ought to be —the best, because of course the most advanced. The contents of the little book for one thing are far more varied, are far more miscellaneous than those of the five books or standards preceding it. They breathe, these contents of vol., or standard, vi., more directly of the age in which we live. The authors quoted in the contents are either very recently deceased or are actually still living. Among the former, Samuel Rogers and the Earl of Dundonald, Edgar Poe and Lord Ma caulay. Among the latter—that is, among our living writers—Charles Dickens and Alfred Tenny son, Ruskin and Longfellow, Punch and the Tiwes. In this respect alone—namely, in the mere charac ter of the selections made—what an immense and perfectly obvious improvement upon those twad dling, mawkish, " goody" kind of exemplars, clubbed together in the old elementary school-books, from the earliest spelling-books that held up to view in such invidous contrast Tommy the Naughty Boy and Johnny the Good Boy : our sympathies always somehow going, by the rule of contraries, with the former and against the latter—the former being a study little Turk ; the latter en un questionable little Ass. Instead of which literary pabulum in the shape of a kind of intellectual pap to the young mind, is furnished with wholesome and relishing, and appetizing sentiment, such as that to be found here in this sixth delightful little volume at p. 34, in the heroic Lord Cochrane's re cord of his astounding capture of the "El Game" frigate, p. 87, in the Poet-Laureate's exquisitely drilcifluous lyric " The Brook," at page 93, in our glorious Dickens's wonderful account of his visit to the Chatham Dockyard, a piece of powerful writ ting only very recently published in All the Year Round, and to which we well remember our selves directing particular attention in these columns immediately upon its first publication ! It was in the August of 1863, and the paper from which the extract is taken was from one of the very happiest of the second series of the Uncommercial Traveller. Recollecting what the requirements of the Revised Code are precisely, we cannot but think that they are fulfilled to a nicety by these six excellent Guide Books, especially adapted by Messrs. Stevens and Hole to meet these requirements. People's Edition of the Poets. No. I. Cowper W. T Tv eedie. Penny wisdom is not always found foolishness. In signal proof of which we need only turn to the initial number of this new penny weekly venture of Mr. Tweedie. From his prospectus we take the following extract:-- " On the muster-roll of British Poets is inccribed a long list of immortal names, whose lustre will remain unim paired by comparison with the poets of any country in any age. From Chaucer clown to Byron, that heir of doubt and passion, who alternately oppresses us with gloom and hurries us along to the lightest and most sparkling of mea sures—and Shelley, who, in exquisite verse, depicted his own wondrous dreams of the future—there is one grand array of poetic names— That on the steady breeze of honour sail In long succession, calm and beautiful. We have the fancy and invention of Spenser—the beauty, pathos, and awful sublimity of Milton—the wit of Butler— the archness and piquancy of Prior—the strength, ele gance, and ease of Pope and Dryden—the descriptive power, and intense love of nature of Thomson and Bloom field—the rough satire of Churchill—tbe manly sense, the patriotic and religious zeal of Cowper—the unstudied grace and harmony of Goldsmith—the good nature of Gay—the humour and feeling of Burns. A host of minor bards, too, might be mentioned, whose contributions to our poetic wealth are gems, though not so massive, yet rare and priceless." And it is this treasury of literature that the enter prising publisher is now bringing out in this per fectly new form to scatter thus broadcast among the population. THE SPECIAL GRIEVANCE FELT AT THE Pitt SENT TIME.—A dozen years ago, a projector o liVely imagination, when he took up a map to scratch a new line across it, almost invariab:y avoided houses—especially valuable houses—as if they had the plague. No curves and gradients were thought too severe if they enabled a 'Com pany to escape the necessity of paying for such costly land as that which was covered by buildings. Now all this is changed. The open country has been scored all over with iron roads until there is not room left for a paying line ; and the great mania of the moment is to cut through dis tricts where land and houses are of fabulous value, trusting to the surveyor-machinery to keep the compensation some what within bounds. Who can so much as guess at the enormous value of the property comprised within a circle of a quarter of a mile round the Mansion House? And yet on this sacred spot the map of London is so marked by the projected lines of new companies that it seems almost to be obliterated by them. Practically, the Lands Clauses Act has hitherto been tested for the most part by its operation upon ordinary farming land, though it has long been known that it presses most severely upon the occupiers of of house property which a-railway company think fit to ap propriate. A mere tenant from year to year may practically have the assurance of continuing his business as long as he pleases on the accustomed spot, because he knows it will answer hie purpose to pay a higher rent than any stranger would give; but if he is dispossessed by a com pany, his whole trade may be ruined without the chance of any compensation at all proportioned to the magnitude of the injury. A thriving shopkeeper is driven to make a connection in a new locality, and has perhaps £3O or £lO allowed him as compensation for the compulsory removal, on the plea that his landlord might, if he pleased, have dis • possessed him on a six months' notice. It has become the fashion, too, for the companies to exert their power to the utmost, and, as a matter of course, to expel their victims on a notice of a few days or weeks. To take a different class of cases, where a company requires to demolish a residence, the compensation generally obtained by the occupant is ludicrously disproportioned to the expense and annoyance occasioned by a forced removal from a house on which the savings of years may have been judiciously or injudiciously lavished. At a time when the blood of projectors are con templating a raid upon house-property on a scale quite un exampled, it would well become Parliament to inquire how the existing provisions for compensation work in this class of cases, and, if they are found deficient, to introduce into future bills a new set of clauses for the protection of the unhappy owners of property which railway companies may think fit to covet. —London Review. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We are in formed that. having in view the encouragement of the study of scientific botany amongst all classes, the Royal Horticultural Society offer the following prizes :-1. One silver, and two bronze medals for the three best collections of wild plants of each separate county of the United King • dom, dried, mounted on paper, folio dewy size, classified according to the natural system, and labelled with the name of locality where found, and the date when found. Intend ing competitors may obtain the forms of labels on sending 12 postage stamps to the Secretary of the Royal Horticul tural Society, South Kensington. 2. Three gold medals will be given for the three best of all the collections out of all the several county collections. Not more than one of the medals can be awarded in one county. The collections must be delivered on or before the 31st December, 1861, to the Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, carriage free, marked with a number or cypher, and accompanied with a sealed letter containing the collec tor's name, the address, and the price at which the collec tion can be sold or another made. A society's gold medal will also be awarded to every exhibitor of a new species of plaut found growing is the 'United Tiingdora. Portraits of the Late W, M, Thackeray. (From the Times.) There are three draughtsmen whose portraits in chalk take rank apart, by virtue of their peculiarly intellectual and refined quality, no less than their perfection of drawing. These are Mr. G. H. Watts, Mr. George Richmond, and Mr. Samuel Lawrence. That of these three artists Mr. Richmond alone should have obtained the honours of the Academy is one of many indications how little the distribution - , of those honours is guided by the true distinction of the artist, as estimated by the finest tastes. Each of these draughtsmen has his distinctive merits. Mr. Richmond stands pre-eminent for the delicacy, amenity, and refinement of his work. But in aiming at these qualities he often misses the strength of strongly-marked heads, and generally satisfies us least in the portraits of men whose lead ing character is power. Mr. Watts gives evidence of a rarer imaginative quality. While working under the influence of the most refined sensibility to beauty, he is as much at home in expressing power, whether of imagination (as in his head of Tennyson), of scientific insight (as in his portrait of Herschel), of practical vigour and adventurous energy (as in his likenesses of Rawlinson and Layard), of command (as in his Sir John Lawrence), or statesmanship (as in his Gladstone and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe). If Richmond is the man to draw our foremost lawyers, divines, politicians, or social celebrities, we should go to Watts for the greater lights of our system—our poets, our statesmen, as distinguished from our politicians—in a word, fur the worthies whose words and works will stamp ant mould their time for posterity. Samuel Lawrence is less known to the public than either of the contemporaries with whom w© are now classing him, Even their fame is esoteric, rather than exoteric; the property of certain sets and circles rather than of the public. That of Richmond is wider than that of Watts, but that of Lawrence is more limited still. This is due partly to his re cent absence of some years in the United States, partly to his voluntary seclusion in the study of the methods of the old masters, particularly the Venetians. But real lovers of art are aware of powers in this painter, however unshowy and little calculated to win popularity, which fully justify us in assigning him a place by the side of men like Watts and Richmond. In colour he has not yet quite succeeded in what he aims at ; but as a draughtsman, and working in black and white, he is one of the largest and most dignified, as well as most vigorous and truthful portrait designers that this country has ever had. All good judges who know his life-size chalk portraits will, we are satisfied, indorse his opinion. Mr. Lawrence drew the last portrait for which Thackeray sat to a painter. It has been photo graphed by Mr. Ayling (493, New Oxford-street), and the photograph is now before us. It requires no smull merit in a drawing, or photograph from one, to hold its own against the direct work of the sun. Whatever may be the demerits of Phoabus Apollo as a painter, he has qualities which make him a tremendously formidable rival to the limner, who has to trust the unaided powers of pencil or port-crayon. But it only needs a comparison of Mr. Lawrence's photographed drawing with any of the heads photographed from Thackeray himself, to feel that good work of the human brain and hand —even when it is but the transcript of a living physiognomy—has in it something which cannot be got out of the soulless operations of chemicals and camera. No one who knew and loved Thackeray could hesitate a moment between the facsimile of Lawrence's drawing and the finest photograph ever taken from the noble head of the living Thackeray. Mr. Lawrence made two portraits of Thackeray. The first, taken many years ago, for Lady Ashburton, has been engraved, and may now be seen in many of the printeellers' windows. It represents his haughtier or more defiant expression, with the head held high, as Thackeray's head was wont to be held when he denounced meanness, fired up at wrong, or warmed into praise of goodness or greatness. The second portrait is the one just photographed, and is the property of Chief Baron Pollock. Thackeray knew and appreciated the painter. His way of giving him the commission for this portrait was very characteristic of the man. Meeting Mr. Lawrence at an evening party towards the end of the strr_taer of 1862, Thackeray said to him, " The Chief Baron was dining with me the other day, and we laid our heads together to make a little plan for a painter-friend of ours to take each of our heads off; so, Mr. Painter, execute thine office on that dear old Chief Baron whenever thou canst catch him; on me at thy leisure." Thackeray's portrait was drawn at his new house in Kensington Palace-gardens. The painter made two drawings of the Chief Baron. Thackeray, when called on to choose between them, complained, " You make me feel like the ass be tween the bundles of hay, but take this one"— a sideface, which hung in his dining-room at Ken sington to the time of his death. In this portrait of 1862 Thackeray is represented in an attitude which all who knew him will recog nise as characteristic and femiliar,—reading, with the page held almost perpendicular, and near the face. There is the power of the nobly-arched brow, the softness,yet keenness, of the candid eyes, and the sensibility and sweetness of the delicately-curved and finely-cat mouth, which in its face so perfectly redeemed the effect of the nose, early flattened by the fist of a schoolfellow at the Charterhouse. It is such a likeness of Thackeray as his friends will like to have, and would wish strangers to identify him with. It presents him in the serenity and sweet ness of his happier moments, and it is as he looked in such moments that those who most lament his premature death must oftenest call him up to re membrance. For such a likeness we have every reason to be grateful to Mr. Lawrence, and to the photographer's art, which multiplies copies of such a drawing cheaply. Mr. G. A. Sala on the Death of Thackeray. Mr. Sala, on the arrival of the melancholy news in America, writes :—" Suddenly I was drawn on one side, and told that the news by the Africa— which, late in thd afternoon, had not arrived at Halifax—had just been telegraphed, and that Mr. Thackeray was dead. The papers of to-day confirm this shocking intelligence. The correspondent of a newspaper is nobody. He has no recognised exist ence, no individuality, no feelings, and no heart. He is only so much talking type transplanted, to be set up in another country. Thus I am aware that it would not be pertinent to my charge even to hint at what I felt on hearing that he was dead whose hand I had hoped to touch when I came back from this place, from this country where his name was held in honour, and his person in affec tion—he whose cheery voice I hoped to hear asking me, What I thought about the Yankees,' It is within my attributes, however, to testify to the deep and genuine sorrow with which the news of this appallingly sudden event has been received here. It will ba the same at Boston, the same at Philadelphia, the same in every city- in the States he visited. Mr. Thackeray left thousands of friends in this land, and not one enemy ; and the loss which his family, his friends, and his country have sustained is shared by all that is worthy of preservation in American Society. At least twenty times to-day I have been asked " Will William Makepesce Thaokeray be buried in Westminster Abbey ?" and I have been afraid and ashamed to answer as I thought. ARCILEOLOGY IN FRANCE.—Tho Moniteur des Arts states that there were discovered a few days since en the banks of the Rhone, near Lyons, 45 Gallo-Roman tombs, the skeletons in which were complete, the face turned towards the east, and the head supported by a sm all earthen urn. One of the tombs only is formed of Roman tiles of a very large size. No inscriptions, arms, or coins of any kind have been found in any of the tombs. WASUINGTON IRVING'S COPYRIGHTS. —111 the United States ho realised more than £12,000 by the sale of his books ; from English publishers he received £12,217 lOs for copyright; the largest payments being £ " Life of Columbus," £2,100 for the " Conquest of Gra lOfo nada," £1,575 for the " Tales of a Traveller, 3;d and xor 1250 the apiece for "Bracebridge Hall" and 44 Tules of the Al hambra," W A 64 i f Ort tllTOtat HER MAJESTY• • O SB ORNE, Jan. 21. Her Majesty walked and drove yesterday in t he grounds. and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena 2 Princess Louise, attended by L ad y Churchill an d the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, rode on horseback. Earl de Grey and Ripon arriv ed at Osborae fronl London and had an audence of the Queen. The Prince and Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness the P.'ince of Wales, accorh' pan ied by his Royal Highness the Duke of La m bridge, and attended by CAptain. Grey, wen s'3°3 B to ut shooting yesterday morning, and met with fine sport. p a In ni e d t h b e y a t f h t e e r n p o o u n k e t o h f e C P a r m i n b e r e i d o g f e IV e L t y e F s ' r c a g e o l . e, and rode through 'Windsor, returning through the Long-walk to Frogmore House at live o'clhel' Their Royal Highnesses the D u.chese of 011131 :, bridge, the Grand Duchess of M e cklenburg -Strelitzt the the Princess Mary, leave Cambridge Cottage, first week in the ensuing month for the duchess's Jr at St. James's Palace. pa His E.;:ccellency the Prussian Ambassador a the Countess Bernstorff left town yeste rda y t° Tr; , several days on a visit to Mr. Chichester Fortescllet 1 l and Frances Countess Waldegrave, at Straw Twickenham. The count and countess r eturn 1 1 ° 132° Monday next. 0 The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at 111°' Hotel, Berkeley-square, from his seat, Clumber, The party at Holkar Hall has broken uP I st consequence of the serious illness of Miss Howard , e ld , e a daughter of Mr. Frederick and Lady Fanny Howard! °- nieces of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. St Albuo x Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St. and Lady Diana Beauclerk, have left Skutterskelfetl°mar shire, for Aske, Richmond, on a visit to the Earl Countess of Zetland. The Earl of Derby, as leader of the OPP°siti°ll in the House of Lords, will give a Ol t grand PO 1 circ le dinner on Wednesday, the 3d proximo, to a jarg ° t - eg ir of his political friends in the Upper Rouse of til e *" - lature. Notts. IN , i ha" The Earl and Countess of Yarboroug arrived at Brocklesby from visiting Lord and Lady at Elton Hall. 6 ail The Earl , de Grey arrived in town l esl afternoon from a visit to her Majesty at Osborne . ,rtelf Lord Rivers has arrived at Thomas's . Berkeley-square, from Rushmore Lodge, Salisbury. ri, The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bert., N' e gi and Lady Emily Peel will entertain a succession off II ea t at the Lodge, Phosnix.park, Dublin, until the en d °. and' 1.1 de ns expected The right hon. baronet, as Secretary for Irea, expected to arrive at his residence in Whiteha ll- g ar the Ist or 2d of next month. A go , The Right Hon. Frederick Peel, ALP an d Peel come to town next week, from,their seat in ' " 1- c‘l‘' shire, for the season. SIR JAMES ROBERT GRANT, C.8.---Tbi%oforil _________ disto , guished officer died on the 9th inst., at ""-Tbae, Vicarage, Nottingham, in the 91st year of his ag e ' „aria one by one, are the heroes of a heroic age disaPr it tips from among us. The year just ended gathered witilogeli venerable Lyndhurst, and the present has thus early jog to away the subject of our notice. There is yet rele siri d i s ifed p u toee s mrra a spnoo c nt : o amo n rf s ye p re i wc e ola u rta o l in u b tte s h:at monument neneltlraes.t. of time in the disti 13 as chiefSir na mme magistrate taer was second tsee G eo Grant, a nF n do t , rs ro w eas h ,o o : v s o s o a a ro . go r shire, born there in 1773, descended from the clan rest , see Strathspey, and, from the remarkable peculiarities oar; ciated with his lengthened career, deserves more lie tic t e d bie r the scrimp paragraph in " Dod's," as much on scee e/1 .,. 0 (e` patriarchal age, the distinction of his public ser vil e - I : s t be which some idea way be formed when it is stated ' 01), tol was in the field before the late Lord Clyde Was b ° o 4o ol also being one of a family of seven brothers, each o a f thee' were notable in their several spheres of action; 000 - jadi e i:liatier II:1;1°e" was killed heading his regiment to the assault of 411 ...0t Der stronghold, one was a valiant soldier at Assaye, 0 : 000 it trod the steps of the military ladder until he re jalldB; K.C.B„ and Governor of one of our West India Ls Wea ld but he, of all the rest, the recital of whose expleite,ioo rad' , most engage the attention of those who love the w e al - 0 4m; was the renowned Colquhoun Grant of the Penin s a ae, b iN li nv y a e es t l i h nal t i e nu w i g r e a ht b s o r n w a e s h ; t htoahr'neewdnsi et t o h htf wet C hos o eow l u o aeb n rrr e mei l gryWue respectively t eew e c r at, s i,sv , En w e yloy e te s r e faandln aat t all illtl o f al i : the be e hot - gee' intelligence and exploring departments, in the dis : 0 0 ! which duties—[There were two Grants enlPleY s : o i l Ate" particular service, and well known to * er Ito Colquhoun as " Granto Bueno," the °t ' ll o . 0 4 " Granto Malo."]—the adventures of &n il° D OI zeal they encountered would read nowadaYs . ye' trtttil ' 6 like the tales of fiction than those of substantial - d fro-, eminent must be the advantages Wellington recc iTt l io aP t these institutions through his campaigns in SO - 00 0 09 ,' and Portugal, when it is remembered that on e of Main 13/; orders on the commencement of the campaign, 0 0 1 0- (Waterloo) was that Col. Grant would resume li ' S Protil on his staff. The dazzling feats of his übiquitous o f 5 Colquhoun, would set the more serious datleeo.o are, James in the shade, were we to forget thatch sic'' such casualties attending a campaigning army for pil; and wounded. It was in his capacity as snl ieri bis r e f cal officer that Sir James was appreciated ; dec i s ioe tr , experience, indomitable power of enduran ce/ a f irle ei , , l e o character, and withal the kindliest nature, were o f ` l4 l l O fable value to his suffering patients. Skille d in ide of w itly tongue, he was a welcome visitor to the hedSorre, vi er , wounded soldiers of the Irish and Highla nd c , tas eri as whom he would converse in the most friendly d al of bir Jamess entered the service in 1792, a nd € 61 ,, 1 t a t ii !,,arii medical officer in almost every grade of rank, i f " v'' '.. ott f arl surgeon to a marching regiment, surges - of er foto a man of war, medical superintenden t jot 0 0 ,00 ous home districts, to that of the h i f ho O tt jas' in the department, Count Woronzow, of " - t110:' 5 , 0 0 1 army in 1811, communicated to the EmPer er es t. l-- ,a in ble assistance they received from Sir Jelli:o. s era ' t ag skill. He had also the rare distinction of hav ak ' a dioa t s ,id the expedition to Egypt, and being chief of the 133 firs 1995, 9 ' 5, at the battle of Waterloo, he was present at til . c e a in i l .n d last actions of the great war. Sir James ait brr c i t obe l 'i n g daughter of Henry Birkett, of Etterby Lodge' tins b e I l e but has no surviving son, his male represee,tsiaadera,`l3., Grant Thomlinson, Esq., of the Gordon ilig: ar al '2OO was created K.H. in 1816—Knt. Bach.. 1 - 81 :;i0 r e " 1850—and Deputy Lieutenant of Cumberlpiaa• °bt u °W -4.., were interred in the family vault of "^- t t o Carlisle. :,, ace ° 0 ,0 CHINESE CRUCIFIXION.—The follow ing jos; of a recent crucifixion in China is bV ~,B th Oros of Amoy, who witnessed the execution on the !_ : „ a t Ole _ t i, The victim was a well-known thief, whose pritiralorproooo was that of stealing young girls and selling ausfacv 6 g il dleate ii to en t : ° :: tubes. On his trial before his judge he refus . 5 ... s elt ev v himself, although repeatedly scourged raw. If a female witness fails in giving s _ lea the r dance in a court of justice, she is beaten sparingwi i l er ..te e across the mouth. His wife, desirous of o r t i ' 0 , ter two . ~0, . band, refused to give evidence, but af .'l3"' ea t,f applications of the strap her courage gave way 00 ( i s fessed his guilt, at the same time admitting t hat to b , , , , the money so derived was hidden in the sea ne d a o r aara in Officers were sent to search, and finding th e to de caPitth ell t s 6 place indicated, the prisoner was sentenced . 1010 100 , 00 1 —deemed by the Chinese the most severe t ° world 1# tile because they imagine that if a man leaves thiscditio, o.a any of his members, he appears in the sams cr c_ c e j ae d i'lo l o o next. The culprit therefore prayed to be , u _ ti , fore i !.. ( l , of being beheaded. The cross was of th l' e , taiaa l, 0_ 9 :00 foot being inserted in a stout plank, and the s .mina], his P o re ing on a board, had nails driven through his llsis leg s ote at stretched and nailed to the cross team: 70d hie , 0 1 fastened to the cross with an iron chsinnt.s,,o 01050.40 bound with cords, and on the cord r 0 written d ., i' ,.e ' a b i s . . I ; i6 inserted rt offence;e d apie a ce si o m f sentence —namely, to remain on the cross acne of led until he died ; another on his left arm had . r oe 1 40 , iwlaoropdiecoenownhhicihs rivlgahst awrtur-it:thataeitn:figtoli: ee,cwtoisths ihnissidteittlhese aynadmouteisn. pria'shaeuncrei:roltacsio;itysl4l7oooo. roughfares leading from the city, where ho Nv:',. r fe ar 0 ,40 day, but removed at night inside the prison I‘_`" at clsoiaPolo jatuondtdhgthen carried by four coolies to one of the_ ‘. r eit darl !si l itl friends attempting a rescue, and carriedci for u! oo e, t r_ in in charge of two soldiers. He was cru , fi v . ilita ac t, on oe ot o Wednesday, and Mr. Jones conversed in a the cl 2 l' a the evening. He complained of pain : . _ too iclo_,l,o ono thirst. On Thursday he slept for s l om eoni n: un d. a ' N il or cross was laid down within the goo a or I, ~.,k , 1 ' l r efet was allowcsd to supply' him with tool roi l; 0 lb , ov i eet; ing the day there was quite a fair tant i ,m, a __ A tbo _ ifi r meat vendors driving a large trade. 0 people being attracted from a " 3 as t :: 1 11 bla c ci l r a d :f . ) 00 :1 11 e si tat i t' g e ii r ;,; ; me diate d e ‘' t ' ass ` l ye which he expected would produce no Nolen the, o r 00 vo 0 putto n t i i a l t l oiy alive, agna ve w en h do e r n dt ne therorders Ttehawaotrt e a Nt i ,ni was nneag a Er a u p .sf t p he c or a iu l n e l g , d l b e tool; ti otto result was otherwise, and at e unsc i t ,l s tout l' Bl° d oY e ti3 fit taken within the gaol, two soldiers w i : ... Jon s 4sett tli oo both his legs and then strangled Tains AL , a , , con verse - .' ,a- t o all the Chinese with whom he has . , jad l o oktob c eo ni ,h f uerit , a Harrell ~e c IA , crucifixion is a mo d er u th p e u es:e7stitrowi i d t e li a t w iw ay b oo w t introducedh o similarityN e w Testament, fthrough passagest hu in e e r e conceive s ;l c i e 1 ; 12 \ )il Th e , tart' a( 144 rket gotiati tai e 4 of .the tri o ex] op 4 le Prob s t Wonld n the tukeie AB ter. t►, °ulll ol a ePoei are 81i, Th e n otice th e 14 o kt4rl t4 e 2,. c ontil forwl At to e RI Di h. I a rl b bi